]> 2026-05-05T19:51:21-04:00 Aircraft:Douglas Dolphin 129 5002 en 1937 1934 6 2 pilot co-pilot 105 6764 9734 15.125 45.25 File:Douglas Dolphin NC14240.jpg 149 Two aircraft ordered by Pan American Airways for its subsidiary (at that time) China National Aviation Corporation, powered by 2x 450 hp (336 kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp S3D1 engines. According to Wikipedia, not sourced, one crashed in heavy seas and the other was destroyed during or shortly after the Japanese invasion of China.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> 2x 450 hp (336 kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp S3D1 engines 692 15100 The specs found on this page are for the RD-3, with exception of the power plants. The RD-3 was a utility transport version of the RD-2, six of which were built for the U.S. Navy. They were powered by 2x 500 hp (373 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340-4 or by 2x 500 hp (373 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340-96 engines. 60 2020-03-15T03:41:29Z 2458923.6538079 Douglas Dolphin 129 579 5002 1 plainlist 3 [[-Has subobject::Aircraft:Douglas Dolphin 129]] [[Has Image::+]] Douglas Dolphin 129# QUERYd5df8dd5040ad661030a4339a594a687 5002 1 plainlist 2 [[-Has subobject::Aircraft:Douglas Dolphin 129]] Douglas Dolphin 129# QUERYaadc515ee815d14a5b751746c2f51e90 5002 1 broadtable 2 [[-Has subobject::Aircraft:Douglas Dolphin 129]] Douglas Dolphin 129# QUERY07fe369276b9ebf91051b2c925169b09 5002 1 plainlist 2 [[-Has subobject::Aircraft:Douglas Dolphin 129]] Douglas Dolphin 129# QUERY2937be9066170b914c917385d0d624eb 5002 1 template 3 [[-Has subobject::Aircraft:Douglas Dolphin 129]] [[Has Image::+]] Douglas Dolphin 129# QUERY434af4cb8b0bca617c3496c2a74cba07 5002 Japanese bombing 1937-08 2428746.5 NC 14239, Bought 1934, first flight 10/1/34, but which? One is named "Fukein." Matched E.M. Allison with photo of plane based on front right side from other pictures showing the NC registry number. ''"When Royal arrived at Lungwha Field, Japanese planes were strafing and bobbing the runways, which looked like a slice of Swiss Cheese. Two CNAC Douglas Dolphin amphibians moored in the Whangpoo River had been sunk."'' - [[Book:Forgotten_Aviator|Forgotten Aviator: The Adventures of Royal Leonard]] Yankee page 149 Forgotten Aviator, page 73 1934-10-01Z 2427711.5 21 E.M. Allison 1348 Kwangtung Douglas Dolphin 129# b59698c7158256a3206b4b15aaf9c1dc 5002 Japanese bombing 1937-08 2428746.5 NC 14240, Bought 1934, first flight 10/1/34, but which? One is named "Fukein." Yankee page 149 Forgotten Aviator, page 73 1934-10-01Z 2427711.5 22 1349 Fukien Douglas Dolphin 129# 0b0f70c59b089d251cbc6bdd3d506e79 5002 <center>Photo Courtesy of Michael Smith, grandson of V. Eddie Smith</center> NC 14239 false Douglas Dolphin 129# 98592da9e7c48718cfe11c974ade1fe4 5002 <center>Photo courtesy of Patti Gully</center> NC 14240 Docked false Douglas Dolphin 129# 1169d06e53fcff2b9488d528ba8e548e 5002 <center>Photo courtesy of Patti Gully</center> NC 14240 false Douglas Dolphin 129# 14355c528b89ef76c41ec4321e6ff931 5002 <center>Photo Courtesy of William M. Leary, Jr.'s The Dragon's Wings</center> Douglas Dolphin, 1936 (E.M. Allison in bow) false Douglas Dolphin 129# 9eb1ea230697d4d836cac2eba1b4a4f2 5002 <center>Photo Courtesy of Michael Smith, grandson of V. Eddie Smith</center> NC 14240 false Douglas Dolphin 129# ab7a69feb11abd9b234df9223710b886